Title:Essays in macroeconomics : confidence, business cycles, and fertilityAuthor(s):LAGERBORG, AndresaDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis comprises essays in macroeconomics across two main themes. The first studies the role of confidence shocks as a source of business cycle fluctuations using an instrumental variable approach. Exogenous drops in ...

Title:Essays in labor economics and public policyAuthor(s):GALASSI, Gabriela LilianaDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis contains three chapters around two related questions: (1) what are the determinants of the decision to work?, and (2) what are the (unintended) e ects of policies stimulating labor market participation? The ...

Title:Uncertainty and the macroeconomyAuthor(s):BONCIANI, DarioDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis, I study from various angles how uncertainty a ects macroeconomic activity. Chapter 1 investigates the e ects of uncertainty shocks on economic activity in the euro area by means of a Dynamic Stochastic ...

Title:Essays on fiscal policy and the macroeconomyAuthor(s):MAYR, LukasDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The three chapters of this thesis provide a theoretical and quantitative analysis of three elements of the tax-transfer system which recently received increased attention in both the academic and the public policy debate ...

Title:Asset prices, disagreement and trade volumeAuthor(s):SCHÜTZE, FabianDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis, I discuss how asset prices are influenced by the decisions of heterogeneous investors. Asset prices are conventionally explained through a representativeinvestor whose risk-aversion fluctuates or who faces ...

Title:On communication frictionsAuthor(s):FRANASZEK, JoannaDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Communication is an activity that is crucial in many economic contexts. Whenever there is any asymmetry of information between two parties, there might arise a need to exchange information. Common as it is, communication ...

Title:Three essays on networks and tradeAuthor(s):JAKUBIK, AdamDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis comprises three chapters that contribute to the fields of industrial organisation and international trade. The first chapter presents an application of network games to modelling the complex market structures ...

Title:Three essays in macroeconomicsAuthor(s):GOODHEAD, RobertDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter of this thesis (which represents joint work with Benedikt Kolb) quanti- thees the potentially different effects of monetary policy communication on macroeconomic variables, relative to monetary policy ...

Title:Pay-as-bid auctions in theory and practiceAuthor(s):WITTWER, MilenaDate:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The pay-as-bid auction, also called the discriminatory price auction, is among the most common auction formats to price and allocate assets and commodities. Trillions of dollars each year are traded in pay-as-bid auctions. ...